Shipping case



Jan, 1%, 1923, 1,442,734:

. D. F. EBBERT SHIPPING CASE. F: LED DEC. 28 1 921 V I WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEYS cases or bales," which are now in use.

Patented den. lb, 1923. i

nane DANIEL FORBES EBB'ERT, 0F WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

SHIPPING CASE.

' Application filed December 28, 1921. Serial No. 525,301.

The primary object of the invention isto do away with the very impractical wooden The bales are objectionable for the reason that they are very often handledwith hooks intransit and are neither fireproof nor waterproof. The bales also do not prevent chafing of piece goods. lVooden cases are ob jectionable for the reason that they do not protect the goods in any manner from fire or water; they are very bulky and result in the-payment of heavy freight rates on ship ments' of piece goods;

An objectof my invention, therefore, is to provide metal shipping-case which will effectively protect. the goods shipped therein from fire and water as well as from chat ing in transit, which will not be nearly as bulky as the wooden cases now in use, and which for this reason will be useful not only in shipping, but in storing goods, and case which will be comparatively light in weight,

simple and practical in construction, durable in use, and inexpensive to manufactru'e.

In addition to the advantages above enmn erated, the metal cases will efficiently protect goods from soiling. It might also be noted that since the container is less bulky than the ordinary-wooden container, it will be possible to store a great. many more packages either in a freight warehouse or in a freight car. lVhen shipping goods by freight, the metal container'not only serves as abetter protection for the goods in case of a freight wreck, but also efi'ectively pro tects the goods from damage by water when shipped in the antiquated freight cars having leaky roofs which are commonly employed. In considering tlieprotection which the container affords the goods from water, it should also be noted that goods are often damaged by a defective sprinkler system in warehouses. My container obviates this danger. When used for storage purposes,

the container is highly desirable because it may be very quickly opened and closed and will also serve to protect such goods as are affected by sun and light when exposed.

With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combination and arrangements of parts as will he more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective viewof my improved shipping case;

Figure 2 is a view in section on the line 2.-2 of Figure 3;

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view in side elevation showing the manner of locking the top andbottom on the case; and

Figure l is an enlargedsectional view on the line i4- of Figure 1.

Referring in detail to the drawings, it will be seen that my improved shipping case, which is formed of any metal suitable for the purpose, includes the usual rectangular body portion 1, and a removable cover and bottom, designated by the reference numerals 2 and 3' respectively. The invention in this case is believed/to reside principally in the manner of locking the box cover and bottom upon the case.

It will be noted that the cover 2 which is preferably pr seed from a single sheet of metal includes depending and defining flanges at, which receive the upper end of the body 1. Referring particularly to Figures 2 and 3, it will be seen that at each side of the box adjacent the corners thereof, the flanges at are slitted, as indicated at 5, to provide bendable tongues 6, these tongues being slightly offset from the vertical plane of the flanges and adapted to bend downwardly, the tongues being connected at their upper ends to the flanges. In like manner the body of the box adjacent its upper end is slitted at 7, to provide bendable tongues 8, the tongues 8 being connected at their lower ends to the box body and adapted to be bent outwardly through the slits 5, and then bent downwardly, as seen most clearly in Figures 2 and 3 to positively hold the box cover against upward movement. Perform tions 9 in the tongues 6 and 8 may receive a flexible device and seal (not shown) so that the consignee of a shipping case can readily tell whether or not the same has been tampered with. The box bottom 3 which includes an upwardly presented Cir flange 10 similar to the flange 4 is likewise slitted to provide bendable tongues 11.

Bendable tongues 12 inte ral with the box body are movable under the tongues 11 and adapted to be bent upwardly, as seen in Fig ure 1, to securely lock the bottom of the box against movement, these tongues functioning in the same manner as the tongues 8.

For the purpose of strengthening the box (1()11Sl11u0tl011, the body may be formed either froma single sheet of material or from four sheets of material seamed together at the corners,'as indicated at 13. Any type of metal seaming may be used which will add to the strength and rigidity of the box, Figure 4t of these drawings illustrating one manner of seaming the corners.

Although I have illustrated one of the preferred embodiments of the invention, it will'be apparent that various slight changes and alterations might be made in the general form and arrangement of the parts described without departing from the invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details set forth, but shall consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a metal. shippingcase comprising a body and a flanged closure forthe same, the body and. the flange of the closure being provided with struck up tongues,the tongues of one overlying the spaces from which they are struck up and the tongues of the other being passed through said spaces and bent approximately parallel with the part from which they are struck up.

shipping case including a body haying out 'ardly bendable struck up tongues, and a removable cover havinga depending defining flange integral with the cover,'said' flange being slitted to provide tongues connected at their upper ends to the flange, said tongues being offset and overlylng the space between the slits, said bendable tongues of the body being passed through said slits under the first mentioned tongues and bent downwardly to hold the cover on the body,

the tongueson the body and cover having openings therein adapted to receive a flexible device.

4. fit a new article of manufacturaa metal shipping case comprising a rectangular body and removable flanged cover and bottom for the body, the body and the flangesof the cover and bottom beingprovided with struck up tongues the tongues of the said flanges being offset and overlyingthe spacesfrom which they struck up and the tongues of the body extendin through the sa d spaces and bent approximately parallel with the body.

DANIEL FORBES EBBERT. 

